Cordesville Rosenwald School
Front:
Cordesville Rosenwald School, the first African American public school in Cordesville, S.C., was built on this site in 1923-24 at a total cost of $5,400. Constructed as a four-room frame building, it was one of almost 500 schools in S.C. funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, 1917-1932.
Reverse:
The Rosenwald Foundation provided $1,100 with the balance coming from public contributions, including $2,000 from the African American community. The original frame school burned in the 1930s and was replaced by a brick schoolhouse. Students here would go on to Dixie Training School, later known as Berkeley High School.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Alumni and Friends of Cordesville School
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